Neville's Haze, in search of a keeper

[Swifty]

In fact, the difficulty with Hazes is that most of the time they produce better results from clones because they tend to have a lot of genetic diversity and a higher percentage of hermaphrodites than less sativa hybrids.

Clones from heavy sativa dominant strains biggest advantage is that by the time they are made and vegged they are more mature and flower a bit faster.
From seed you need to grow them longer, flowering after 2 weeks veg is doable but they will continue to veg and have a slower transitions to flower when they are not mature enough imo.

 

[musashi]

In fact, the difficulty with Hazes is that most of the time they produce better results from clones because they tend to have a lot of genetic diversity and a higher percentage of hermaphrodites than less sativa hybrids.

For those who are unable to keep clones, perhaps the IBL versions of SSH or Mango Haze would be easier to grow from seed.

The difficulty with Hazes is length of florescence and nutrient/light sensitivity. The advantage of haze clones is in the reduction of flower time by 2-3 weeks. A higher percentage of hermaphrodites has more to do with breeding than cannabis type.

IBL versions are not necessarily easier to grow from seed. Environmental factors play an important role here. The primary advantage of IBL's lies in their homegeneity. Many aspiring breeders/growers prefer a somewhat heterogenic plant where they can select from various phenotype expressions. That's one of the main reasons people purchase and use MNS regular seeds.

mu

 

[Uncle Jack]

In breeding would it not be better to have one parent IBL and one not IBL?
Would that make it easier to evaluate the non-IBL plant, especially if that plant was a male?
I am out of my depth here for sure. Just curious.

Nice male shots @Swifty, will evaluate males like you are doing from now on, looking for trichs, stem rubs etc.
I remember reading about that, but never put it into practice.
It makes sense to be just as rigorous in that regard
I can feel a seed run coming on.

Another point I was thinking about over the past few days and it was kind of sparked by a remark here in this thread.
And that is that a good sativa cross like Neville's Haze helps sharpen the senses surrounding what to cull and what to keep.
Certainly raises the bar and has made a few of the ladies in my grow tent a bit nervous.
And if they are not a bit nervous, then they probably should be.

 

[Swifty]

In breeding would it not be better to have one parent IBL and one not IBL?
Would that make it easier to evaluate the non-IBL plant, especially if that plant was a male?
I am out of my depth here for sure. Just curious.

Nice male shots @Swifty, will evaluate males like you are doing from now on, looking for trichs, stem rubs etc.
I remember reading about that, but never put it into practice.
It makes sense to be just as rigorous in that regard
I can feel a seed run coming on.

Another point I was thinking about over the past few days and it was kind of sparked by a remark here in this thread.
And that is that a good sativa cross like Neville's Haze helps sharpen the senses surrounding what to cull and what to keep.
Certainly raises the bar and has made a few of the ladies in my grow tent a bit nervous.
And if they are not a bit nervous, then they probably should be.

Thank you Uncle Jack, I will re-evaluate this weekend and will make some pictures of the plants themselves.
Some have a very nice structure.

I plan on flowering the males a couple of weeks more so the trichomes can develop.
I will harvest the tops were I see the nicest concentration of trichomes and rinse the pollen of before drying them.
Having smoked male flowers in the past learned me that they certainly get you high but the taste is foul.
Vaping them should be better.
The high was not very strong then but the quality was there so it is worth the effort to see what they could bring to the table.

Hoping for 2 strong males with a great high to make seeds with the current keepers.